Treatment of bile duct stones: Value of laser lithotripsy delivered via percutaneous endoscopy

European Radiology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 734-740

  Brambs, H J ^a,b   Duda, S H ^a   Rieber, A ^a   Scheurlen, M ^a   Claussen, C D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; LASER LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY, LASER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030345021     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00187681     Document Type: Article

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